Photoessay: Ben Bohane's The Black Islands

September, 2006

As a photographer and writer, Ben Bohane engages in a research methodology known as participatory action research (PAR) that aspires to engage all parties, observers and ‘subjects’ alike in a power-sharing dynamic through informed consent—a far cry from the stereotype of photojournalist as shoot-and-run ambulance chaser, or cool and disconnected observer.